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Famous AmericansFamous Americans

Famous Americans

Mela Ottaiano

About this book

Help build students' reading fluency and build awareness of important people in U.S. history through fact-based, original plays about 22 famous Americans. These read-aloud biographical plays provide kids with the repeated practice they need to read with speed, automaticity, and expression-the key elements of fluency. Background information, discussion questions, extension activities, and literature links round out this versatile resource. A great way to connect social studies content with reading.

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OL Work ID
OL18650370W

Subjects

Reading comprehensionChildren's plays, AmericanAmerican Historical dramaStudy and teachingOral readingDrama in educationOne-act plays, AmericanFluency (Language learning)BiographyPlaysChildren, juvenile literatureHistory, ancientHistory, ancient, juvenile literatureBiography, juvenile literature

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